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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

A Group of Mount Michael students and their faculty chaperone just returned from an adventurous trip home from the 2016 March for Life in Washington DC. Listen in as Garrett Engel, Michael Ford, Kalle Haines, Christian Keller, Paul Dougherty, Ben Hynes, Ben Nigro, Jeremiah Connealy and Amy Masek tell the story in their own words. View Directly on YouTube

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Mount Michael Benedictine senior Jackson Thompson was recently featured on Omaha's KETV Channel 7 as the Student of the week. Jackson also received a $500 scholarship from Runza. Congratulations Jackson!

Monday, January 18, 2016

Mr. Chris Rogers spoke to a gathering of students in the DJ Sokol Chapel in honor of Martin Luther King Day. Mr. Rogers who grew-up in East Saint Louis, IL is a former Creighton University basketball player and now works at Creighton as director of Community/Government Relations, and serves as an elected official on the Douglas County Board of Commissioners.

It his talk Mr. Rogers spoke of the need to continue to work toward racial equality and challenged the students to be ready to make a difference in the struggle wherever and when the opportunities occur.

Washington DC March for Life

On Tuesday afternoon eight Knights head off to Washington D.C. for the annual March for Life event. They will travel by bus with a group of students from other archdiocesan schools. Mount Michael Theology teacher Mrs. Masek will accompany the Group. Representing Mount Michael are Paul Dougherty, Garrett Engel, Ben Nigro, Jeremiah Connealy, Ben Hynes, Kalle Haines, Michael Ford, Christian Keller.Photos from Washington DC March for Life 2016

Knights Win Academic Decathlon Regional Competition

Knights with their fists full of medals (photo courtesy of Dave Cormier)

Sunday, January 3, 2016

Freshman Temi Adeyemo came from Africa for a better chance at college. Adeyemo has very high hopes for his future and he is already on track to reach his goals.

“I really wanted to go to school in America” Adeyemo said.

Adeyemo already has big plans for his future. He says he wants to become a successful journalist and coming to america will help him get there. According to Adeyemo, getting into american colleges coming from a Nigerian high school is not easy.

“We get overlooked,” he said.

Temi Adeyemo during Math Class photo by Cade Johnson

Adeyemo won’t let this get in the way of him doing what he wants though. He believes attending Mount Michael will give him the boost he needs to get into college, not unlike the majority of students who attend the school here.

Adeyemo says his biggest achievement was his 30 on the ACT in eighth grade. Compare that the the 28 ACT average at Mount Michael (the highest high school ACT average in Nebraska).

“He is way too smart to be a frosh” freshman Taylor Davis said.

Adeyemo not only has the respect of his classmates but also his teachers “He cares a lot about his work and is always a good contributor in class,” Mr. Swanson said.

“I have already made tons of good friends and really enjoy the bond that comes with being a freshman here,” Adeyemo said. He has acclimated well to the boarding lifestyle and is doing very well in his classes. He is shaping up to be the all in one package, extremely smart and very well liked by his peers.

“I really like living there it was very fun but really crowded,” said Adeyemo about his home country of Nigeria. His parents are already very successful people, his father owns a pharmacy in Nigeria and his mother works at the University of Florida where she is a research scientist. Coming from Nigeria, Adeyemo has seen a very different side of the world. “There is definitely a very distinct poverty gap in Nigeria, there’s no middle class. You’re either very poor or not,” Adeyemo said.

Some may think of Adeyemo coming from Nigeria as a handicap; but he doesn’t mind it, he embraces it. He is following in the footsteps of every single one of our ancestors and Adeyemo is continuing in the long tradition of pursuing the American dream.